GOTTARDO SEGANTINI | Engadiner Landschaft im Frühsommer, 1945

Private collection, Switzerland
Sotheby's, Zurich, 27th May 2008, lot 69
Sotheby's, Zurich, 27th June 2017, lot 19
Private collection, Switzerland

Gottardo Segantini, Festschrift zu seinem 80. Geburtstag, Zurich/Stuttgart 1962, p. 16, ill. (in full page), (titled as Frühlingslandschaft)

Under UV light some minor retouching in the sky. Excellent condition.
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Akribisch bildet Segantini an einem strahlenden Frühlingstag den Piz Lagrev hinter dem blauschimmernden Silsersee ab. Mit der Gegenüberstellung zweier Lärchen, einer jungen und einer ausgewachsenen, im Vordergrund dieser idyllischen Landschaft scheint der Künstler auf den Lauf des Lebens, auf Werden und Vergehen, hinweisen zu wollen. Durch diese symbolistischen Elemente erinnert die Frühlingslandschaft an das berühmte Triptychon von Giovanni Segantini, Werden – Sein – Vergehen von 1896–99. This painting depicts Piz Lagrev and the blue glistening Lake Sils on a bright spring day. Juxtaposing two larch trees in the foreground of an idyllic landscape, a fully grown specimen alongside a young one, Segantini appears to allude to the passage of life, on being and passing away. By means of these symbolist elements, Frühlingslandschaft is reminiscent of the renowned triptych by Giovanni Segantini, Werden – Sein – Vergehen ( 1896-1899). 

This work is registered in the Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIK-ISEA) under no. 69 151.